Bradshaws Illustrated Hand Book To Switzerland And The Tyrol

Author : George Bradshaw
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230151205
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-Book to Switzerland and the Tyrol written by George Bradshaw and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ...from the Hasliberg, the.4 Jp&acA, the Mtiklbach, and the Dorfbach, pour into the valley immediately behind the village, which at times swell into torrents, and occasion much damage. In this way it was nearly inundated in 1762, since when a canal has been cut, opening into the Aar. The Fall of the Alpbach should be visited about 9 a.m., when the sunshine makes a triple rainbow across it. There is a view also of the fine Falls of the Reichenbach, about the same hour, from behind the Church, as they appear beautifully illuminated by the sun. About 130 houses, at the north end, were burnt, with the Hotel du Sauvage, February, 1879; also, an old Castle and watch tower of the Counts of Hasli. A still more disastrous fire destroyed more than half the place, October, 1891. In July and August several wrestling matches (Schwingfeste) are held in the Haslithal on the Tannenalp, the Stadtalp, and the Wengernalp. Five or six Alpine roads and paths meet here or near here: --To Brienz and Interlaken; to Lucerne by the fine pass of the Brunig (2 hours), or through Melchthal, the village of which is surrounded by mountains 6,000 to 8,000 feet high; toWasen, on the Reuss and Gothard Road, bySusten Pass; to Engelberg and Stanz, by the Genthnl and the Engstlen-Alp; to Grindelwald, by the way just described; and up the Grimsel, as in the following Route. Rail to Brienz-Tracht. BOtTTE 13a. Interlaken to Brienz, the Rothhorn, Mei ringen, the Grimsel, Rhdne Glacier, &c. (For the Briinig Pass, on the way to Lucerne, see Route 15.) By steamer or by road, though the latter Is not often taken. The Lake of Brienz, or Brienzer See, 8 miles by 2, is nearly 1,900 feet above the sea, and 600 to 900 feet deep--the latter near Oberried, on the north side. Except the...